Parliament has powers to legislate for improvement: PM.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Wednesday said that the Parliament had the powers to legisA!late for improvement of administrative affairs.

He said the ConstituA!tion of Pakistan was the guarantor of maintainA!ing a balance between all the institutions.

Talking to 18-memA!ber delegation of womA!en parliamentarians belonging to the PakiA!stan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) which called on him here the prime minster appreciA!ated their active role in the Parliament. "Wom-en comprise 51 percent of country's total popA!ulation, therefore the participation of women in the legislation proA!cess is very important," he said adding that the government was workA!ing for women's incluA!sion in every sector.

He said during his tenure, the government had taken several steps to empower women that also include the legislation about women rights.

'GAS LOADSHEDDING'

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday asA!sured that the government would address the issue of gas load-shedding during Sehr and Iftar, being faced by conA!sumers in different parts of the country. The prime minA!ister, responding to a point of order raised by Member of National Assembly Syed Agha Rafiullah, told the House that he had already taken notice of the matter. He told the House that he had also summoned the meeting to be held later in the day, to discuss the issue of gas load-shedding. 'We will leave no stone unturned to adA!dress this issue,' the...